Question

You run out of gas and measure the amount of gas it takes to fill the tank. Is the data type discrete or continuous?

A.
It is discrete because there are infinitely many possible values.

B.
It is continuous because there are infinitely many possible values.

C.
It is discrete because there are a finite number of possible values.

D.
It is continuous because there are a finite number of possible values.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B) the data is continuous because there are infinitely many values.

This does not mean that your gas tank holds an infinite amount of gas; it means that there is an infinite number of smaller fractions that we can break the amount of gas into. We can have 1/2 gallon, 1/4 gallon, 1/8, etc. continuing infinitely.